August 2023 winner:
Deed Pendall, Director of Sales, Kessington Aerospace, Elkhart, Indiana
How long have you been in the aerospace business? I’ve been involved in aerospace machining since college, coming up on 40 years.
How did you become interested in aircraft? When I saw the first Boeing 747 roll out and the moon landing.
What is your favorite aircraft and why? World War II fighters. I’m wearing a T-shirt with a Corsair on it today.
Runners-up:
Kevin Bryant, PE, Principal Engineer, Spectrum Engineering, PC, Dix Hills, New York
Benjamin Harrison, Student, Industrial Engineering, University of Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin
Submission procedure
To enter the contest, visit www.AerospaceManufacturing AndDesign.com/Form/NameThatPlane and fill out the provided entry form. Only completed forms will qualify. A full set of rules is provided.
Have fun, and good luck!
The entry deadline for this issue’s contest is December 1, 2023. Winners will be announced in the January-February 2024 issue.
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Enter today to win your own high-quality desktop aircraft replica!
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